Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 279 Sweet Hong Kong Storm - The Storm Comes

While Chang Shide was digging a hole driven by Bei Kai's indiscriminate coal digging technique, Xu Wen's South China Sugar Factory was quietly entering the center of a storm.

The opening of South China Sugar Shop was very low-key, so low-key that Wen Tong not only didn't use the commercial promotion methods he was familiar with in another time and space, but he didn't even use firecrackers and lion dances in this time and space.The newly renovated cabinet room of the sugar store quietly removed the door panel one day and started to operate.

As a result, the business situation on the first day was very good. Although many people did not know that there was a newly opened sugar store here, for the sugarcane farmers who came here to deliver sugarcane processed sugar, they could exchange sugar for silver without leaving the door. It is much more convenient than driving a car to sell sugar on Hai'an Street.

Every sugarcane farmer who sells sugar has received a coupon with two discounts for sugar. This new measure has made the sugarcane farmers feel novel, and many people have asked, when will the two discounts be available?Liao Daxing followed what Mr. Wen said: he only said that he would come to the door to inform everyone when the time came.Although most people are skeptical about such an answer, and doubt whether the two deductible sugar money will really be given to them, but for everyone, there is nothing to lose anyway.

After a few days of peace like this, I can receive nearly one hundred shi of candy every day. Although Wen Tong is not very satisfied with this, considering that he only has a total of 1 taels of silver, I am afraid that the business will be too prosperous. I couldn't bear it, so I didn't take it to heart.

On this day, he just woke up and felt light in his body.Because he had nothing to do the day before, he hired A Zhu and spent a passionate night.At this moment, under the careful service of the female slave, he brushed his teeth while looking at A'Zhu, and felt that he was really too great - he was able to leave a living woman who was ready to devote herself at any time, and who was not too tasteful. Been busy with work for a few weeks.I feel admiration for my work attitude and spirit.

"Treat yourself better." Wen Tong washed his face with a towel, thinking about when Chang Shide would come back from Vietnam, and whether there would be any problems paying the price of sugar with rice, when Liao Daxing hurried from the outside broke in.

"What's the matter?" Wen Tong was taken aback.He has been here for a long time, and he knows that these people are very strict about the relationship between superiors and inferiors. This is the inner house, and shopkeepers like him must first inform him if they want to see him.If you come in without asking, there is a big deal.

"Return to the shopkeeper: Today's sugar store doesn't feel right!"

"What's wrong?" Wen Tong was surprised.

"There are...too many people..." Liao Daxing was out of breath, his face full of uneasiness.

"Candy seller?" Wen Tong hadn't turned the corner yet, "Good thing."

"Yes, it's a good thing." Liao Daxing couldn't say anything bad about it. After all, the purpose of opening a sugar shop is to collect sugar. Naturally, the more sugar sellers come, the better.But after all, he is a veteran in the mall, and he still smelled a hint of a storm from this sudden change.

"But the number of people is increasing too fast—" Liao Daxing didn't know what to say, "Strange!"

"Let's go and have a look." Wen Tongxin thought it was better to go to the scene and have a look.It's just that Chang Shide was not there, and Bei Wei took people out to investigate again.I had no choice but to call Chen Tianxiong over so that we could have a discussion.

The two hurried to the door of the sugar store. Before they took the boards and opened the door, many sugarcane growers had already gathered in the empty field outside the door. Bullock carts, loads, handcarts, and baskets were full of all kinds of transportation tools. Sugar, and there are still people pouring in on the road behind.Everyone's face is tense, and everyone seems to be hiding a huge secret in their hearts, but no one is willing to tell this secret to others, lest the news leak out and they will be missed later. Get a head start.

It looked really weird, but neither Wen Tong nor Chen Tianxiong could see any problem. Time passed by, and it was almost time to open the door. Wen Tong had no choice but to wave his hand and take care of Liao Daxing:

"Open the door."

As soon as the door was opened, the sugarcane farmers who had gathered outside the door rushed forward as soon as the large scales and other things were brought out in the industry.Everyone rushed like a trot to get the scale.In an instant, all four scales were filled.At first there was some order, and they lined up consciously, but the people behind kept pouring into the empty field, all rushing towards the scale, the order suddenly became chaotic, and the entire empty field was suddenly crowded with crowds. There was a hissing sound in the crowd.

The guys were overwhelmed by the crowd, some stood dumbfounded, not knowing how to deal with it, and some frantically weighed the people who pushed in front of them.

In the chaos, someone's candy basket probably fell apart, and they let out a desperate howl: "My candy—my candy—"

His cries were immediately drowned out by the surging crowd and the impatient neighing of the cattle.

Wen Tong saw that the momentum was not good, and knew that there must be a big problem with today's affairs, but now is not the time to find out the reason, so he hurriedly took care of Wen Qing: "You run to Qiwei Escort Bureau, and ask Liao Dahua to bring all the bodyguards under his command who are not out. !quick!"

"Yes!" Wen Qing turned around and was about to run out.

"Come back!" Wen Tong thought again, what's the use of relying on bodyguards alone, there are too few people, "Bring some militiamen out along the way!"

Liao Daxing quickly climbed onto a table and shouted loudly:

"Everyone, don't squeeze, line up and come one by one. South China Sugar Shop buys all day, there is plenty of time—"

He shouted out his throat, but no one in the crowd responded to him.A terrible thought flashed through Liao Daxing's mind: Although he didn't know why these people came here to sell sugar, he had experienced similar things. A few years ago, Leizhou Xia unexpectedly fell in winter. A heavy snowfall, after the beginning of spring, the government sells rice on a regular basis, and the people who come to the grain store to buy rice are like this. Men, women, old and children almost crowded the cabinet room, and the bluestone counters were collapsed. The government servants came to maintain order. A dozen people had been squeezed to death before.

It won't be the same today.The frightened Liao Daxing was dumbfounded, standing on the table not knowing what to shout.

Chen Tianxiong said anxiously: "Shopkeeper Liao, keep shouting, it will make more chaos if you don't shout!"

"Yes, yes." Liao Daxing straightened his throat and began to shout, "Everyone, don't mess up, take your time..."

Wen Tong wanted to stand up to appease people, but he didn't know anything about Leizhou dialect, so it was useless to go up, and was in a hurry, Zhou Shizhai had already brought the militia team of the factory workers. helmet.

They rushed up and quickly separated the crowd.This made the chaotic order a little bit better, and the guys who had been squeezed to the ground could finally return to the table where they were squeezed, and continue the work of weighing sugar.

After a while, the people from Qiwei Escort also arrived. They were few but experienced. They quickly blocked the crowds that kept coming at the intersection, and they were only allowed to go in in a line.

Chen Tianxiong wanted to make a plan, and took care of him: "Master Liao, you immediately take the people in the cabinet and move the money exchange place to the other side of the yard."

This can prevent the crowd from staying at the entrance of the sugar shop for too long and facilitate evacuation.

"Yes, I'll go now, little one—" Liao Daxing's legs had been weak for a long time, so he hurriedly took people there.

Here Zhou Shidi led the militiamen and bodyguards to clear out all the roads in and out, and the crowd began to disperse slowly. Tragic traces were left behind: dozens of tattered straw sandals, more than a dozen crushed and squeezed baskets, and sugar spilled all over the floor.Someone was crying while taking clothes to check.

"What's the matter! It's inexplicable!" Wen Tong said anxiously. Fortunately, there were no personal injuries, but didn't this appearance greatly damage the image of Sugar Shop?He hurriedly took care of Wenxiu who came over: "Go, take a few women to pack up the candy and return it to them."

"It's strange, it's too strange." Chen Tianxiong knew something was wrong when he saw this appearance, something must have happened that they didn't know, this disordered appearance was definitely not a good sign.His heart moved, and he quickly said to Wen Tong: "Go to the sugar factory quickly, there are too many people here, I'm afraid there will be chaos inside the factory!"

Wen Tong broke out in a cold sweat: The bodyguards and militiamen are all here at the sugar store, so they won't be caught in the trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, right?If someone set fire to the sugar factory... He quickly took care of Zhou Shizhai, took a few bodyguards back to the sugar factory, and kept an eye on the situation.

But the sugar factory was normal, and the number of sugarcane farmers who came to process sugarcane did not increase much. This news made Wen Tong and the others a little relieved, but more and more sugarcane farmers flocked to sell sugar, and the guys were in a hurry.Several people looked gloomy, but they didn't know what to do. They asked the buddies to ask, but they couldn't ask anything. These sugarcane farmers looked nervous, but unexpectedly refused to say why they came here to sell sugar.

After all, Chen Tianxiong has a lot of social experience. After a few thoughts, he finally understood. He quickly called a bodyguard and asked him to go to Hai'an Street to inquire, especially those sugar shops, to see what happened there. .Just as the bodyguard left, Liao Dahua came and trotted all the way into the yard.

"Several... shopkeepers... shopkeepers... cabinets, no... okay..." Liao Dahua's face was flustered, he couldn't breathe, "Haian Street——"

"What's wrong with Hai'an Street?" Wen Tong's brain has already figured it out, it must be Haiyitang who has made troubles! "Haiyi Hall?!"

Liao Dahua nodded desperately: "They have adjusted the price of sugar to one, two or five dollars since yesterday!"

Now everyone was a little stunned, the price was adjusted to one, two, five, how did this group of sugar merchants get their heads turned?No wonder the sugarcane farmers flocked to them, one tael per stone is not a small amount!They are not going to do this business anymore?For a while, no one figured it out.

Wen Tong's face turned pale.No one else here knew how much silver was in the sugar factory, but he knew it clearly.When Chang Shide left, it was a little over 1 taels, and he had already spent more than 1000 taels on acquisitions this week. If they all follow this momentum...

He couldn't imagine it anymore. Wen Tong never thought that he would encounter such a thing in this time and space, and he was not a business person.

"I'm obviously a technician in a sugar factory." Looking at the group of people staring wide-eyed and waiting for him to make up his mind, he thought painfully.

Although they didn't know how much money they had, they knew something was wrong from Wen Tong's appearance.Chen Tianxiong said in a low voice: "Lao Wen, how much foundation do you have now? Tell us so that everyone can add up."

"It's only 1 taels." Wen Tong unconsciously laid an ambush.

Liao Dahua also understood now that the owner's money is not enough!He hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, I'm going to see Daxing right now, how many have gone out now!"

"Okay, go quickly." Wen Tong was already a little angry at the moment.

The news came back soon: an hour after the opening of the market, Huanan Sugar Company had received more than 100 stone sugar.The South China Sugar Company also does business for five hours a day, with six hundred to seven hundred shi a day, and a payment of more than 1000 taels of silver. 9000 taels of silver, in the best case, it can only last for six or seven days.

Then there is the terrible capital chain break...

Wen Tong could only order Wen Xiu to spread the word, asking the guys to take it easy when purchasing, not to go too fast, just keep the current average speed, and try to slow down the speed of sugar storage.

But this is not a long-term solution. As more and more sugarcane farmers come, too slow speed will inevitably cause the crowd to squeeze, and they will not be able to suppress the chaos.

Liao Dahua whispered: "Boss, today it's over, let's change it to one, two, five dollars tomorrow."

"That's the only way." Wen Tong thought about it and there was no other way. Although this was a blow to the reputation of South China Sugar, fortunately, everyone lowered their prices, and South China was not the first one.

Chen Tianxiong said: "Let's report to the Executive Committee and Guangzhou as soon as possible and ask for countermeasures."

Wen Tong agreed and rushed to write the report. While releasing the pigeons to Guangzhou, he sent people directly back to Lingao to report the letter.

But the crowds did not decrease in the slightest, and finally the crowds piled up on the road, with anxious expressions on the faces of the people who came, the price of sugar dropped, and it fell so low, it was like a bolt from the blue for the sugarcane farmers who had worked hard for a year , If you really want to sell it at this price, don't talk about making money, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get back the money!Especially those who borrowed money were even more anxious. They brought the sugar over by themselves, and asked their wives and children to go to the front to find out if the market in South China was still two or five dollars?When they heard that it was, they all breathed a sigh of relief.I just hope that it will be my turn sooner and I can get rid of the sugar that I have worked so hard to make early.

Although Liao Dahua was flustered, he still calmed down somewhat. He hurriedly asked Wen Tong to recruit some women and children from the sugar factory workers, burn dry grass tea, and send them bucket by bucket, and provide the sugarcane farmers in line to drink "Quexinhuo" free of charge. Some pergolas were set up along the road for people to rest.The weather is hot enough now, and if we continue to make such a fuss, it will be difficult to save a few lives.In order to avoid queuing disputes, I quickly purchased a batch of bamboo sticks, and adopted a system of queuing up to pick up bamboo sticks and calling people to weigh them according to the number. The bodyguards also maintained the order of the team together with the militia, and finally the order was maintained. .

(End of this chapter)